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Fish

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Age: 19
Allergen: Fish
Symptoms: Swollen tongue, swollen lips.
Where: On a bus

What’s the Story?
I just finished a canoe trip at the camp I was attending for the summer and we stopped for fish and chips on the way back to the camp. Ever since I was young I knew that I could eat fish, except salmon and cod. This stand was selling fried whitefish, which I couldn't recall having before, but was never told to avoid it. I ate it and within 15 minutes started showing signs of an allergic reaction when I was on the bus. I took anti-histamines and luckily it went away quickly. *Editor's note: administering an auto-injector is the recommended first line of defense against anaphylaxis rather than anti-histamines.

How could this have been prevented?
It was too risky for me to be trying new fish out in a remote location when already having allergies to several fish. I should have played it safe and had something that I knew would be okay for me.
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